Post Malone’s “rockstar” Sets A New One-Week Streaming Record On Apple Music

It earned 25 million streams on Apple Music since its release.

Post Malone’s new single “rockstar” featuring 21 Savage is debuted high on the Billboard Hot 100 this week thanks to an impressive first-week performance. Today, Apple Music announced that “rockstar” broke its one-week streaming record, amassing an impressive 25 million streams globally in its first week of release. This comes in addition to 58 million streams on Spotify.

Combined with sales and radio play, these numbers landed Post Malone the highest-charting single of his career on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, hitting No. 2 behind Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow.” His previous chart peak came with the Quavo-assisted “Congratulations,” which managed to hit No. 8 back in July.

“rockstar” is produced by Louis Bell and Tank, and represents Post’s first collaboration with 21 Savage. It’s the lead single from his upcoming album Beerbongs & Bentleys, which doesn’t have an official release date yet but is expected to drop before the end of the year.

The song is filled with references to classic rock icons, like when he name-drops Jim Morrison on the first verse. Genius staffer Colby Handy breaks it down in an annotation: